Today's Verse
In this cleansing, there shall be no discrimination between those within and the world. I shall manifest all of the mind of each of you. (XII:1-2)
TENRIKYO: The Path to Joyousness
Tenrikyo came into existence a century and a half ago when the teachings of God were revealed through Miki Nakayama. She taught that the basic purpose of human existence is to live the Joyous Life and that the path to joyousness is a journey of understanding ourselves and of appreciating…
Aiden 合殿（教祖殿）
Connecting Hall 教祖殿は、畳数四四六・五畳の教祖殿、九六畳の合殿、そして四一四畳の御用場からなります。The Foundress’ Sanctuary consists of three parts: the Foundress’ Residence (with 446.5 tatami mats), the Connecting Hall (with 96 tatami mats), and the Foundress’ Hall (with 414 tatami mats). more examples 参拝後、一行は教祖殿合殿で順次着座し、挙式の開始を待った。After worshiping at the Main Sanctuary, they made their way to the Connecting Hall of the Foundress’…
aizu 合図
sign それを見て、人々は、成程、これが合圖立い（合図立て合い）と、かね／＼゛仰せられて居た事であるなあ、屋敷の掃除とはこの事か。 と、感じ入った。 Seeing this, the followers understood what Oyasama had meant by saying repeatedly, ‘A sign for a sign,’ that, indeed, this is the meaning of the sweeping of the Residence (The Life of Oyasama, p. 179). more examples いまゝでハなによの事もハかりない これからみゑるふしぎあいづが（三 5）Until now, you have understood nothing, but from now…
akarui 明るい
bright; cheerful; lighthearted; joyous; radiant; positive 明るく勇んだ心、それは陽気な心である。A bright and spirited mind is a joyous mind (The Doctrine of Tenrikyo, p. 73). more examples 物を施して執着を去れば、心に明るさが生れ、心に明るさが生れると、自ら陽氣ぐらしへの道が開ける、と教えられた。She taught that by giving generously to the needy and renouncing attachment to material things, one will surely become brightened in mind and, once the mind has become brightened, the path to…
ajikenai 味気ない
tasteless (D, L); uninteresting; insipid 月日親神は、この混沌たる様を味気なく思召し、人間を造り、その陽気ぐらしをするのを見て、ともに楽しもうと思いつかれた。Tsukihi, God the Parent, finding this chaos unbearably tasteless, thought of creating human beings in order to see the Joyous Life and thus share in that joy (The Doctrine of Tenrikyo, p. 20). more examples さて、親神が思うには、このような泥海の中に親神が居るだけでは、まことに味氣ない。そこで、人間というものを拵えて、その陽氣ぐらしをするのを見て親神も共に楽しもう、と思い立った。Now God the Parent thought that living alone in such…
ajiwau 味わう
to test the flavor; to savor; to appreciate; to experience その人が教えに沿って暮らし、陽気ぐらしの喜びを味わえるように、心を尽くして導かせて頂かなければならないのであります。We need to continue our sincere efforts to provide them with care and guidance so that they can live in accordance with the teachings and savor the delight of the Joyous Life” (Michi no Dai, Foundation of the Path, no.…